Prince Harry has broken his silence about his significant meeting with King Charles on Wednesday, sparking hopes for a much-anticipated Royal reconciliation between father and son. The Duke of Sussex spent just under an hour at Clarence House, the King’s London residence, marking their first meeting in over 18 months.
He departed around 6:15pm to attend a reception related to the Invictus Games, a tournament he initiated in 2014 for injured service personnel and veterans. At the event, when asked about his father by a reporter, Harry responded: “Yes he’s great, thank you.”
Harry arrived at the top floor atrium overlooking stunning London views, appeared visibly relaxed, smiling warmly and in high spirits as he mingled with corporate sponsors and government ministers before delivering a key speech outlining the next decade of his Invictus movement. The news comes as a stark change came over Prince Harry as ‘visible tension’ fades and he becomes ‘cool’ in UK.
Prince Harry had rushed directly to the high-profile event after his emotional meeting with his cancer-battling father at Clarence House. The father and son’s long-awaited face-to-face encounter, which lasted exactly 54 minutes, comes after Harry publicly voiced hopes of healing the family rift in May during a candid interview with BBC America.
Harry’s arrival at royal residence
The Duke was driven through the gates of the royal residence on Wednesday afternoon following an earlier engagement at the Centre for Blast Injury Studies at Imperial College London.
He arrived at Clarence House in a black Range Rover at 5.20pm and departed at 6.14pm ahead of his evening commitment. The King, who continues his cancer treatment, had travelled to London from his Balmoral Estate on Wednesday, the second-to-last day of his youngest son’s four-day UK visit, which intensified speculation that the pair would finally meet.
Traffic delays impact Duke’s schedule
Harry was expected to arrive at his Invictus Games reception in the City of London at 6.45pm but organisers confirmed he was running late, before he eventually arrived at 7.24pm.
Sources believe Harry travelled directly to the event after seeing his father, but heavy traffic has been plaguing central London this week due to an ongoing Tube strike.
Harry continues to be estranged from his brother, Prince William, who has been occupied with numerous engagements this week following the summer break, and was in Cardiff today, visiting a mental health hub on World Suicide Prevention Day.
Duke’s public criticisms of Royal Family
The Duke of Sussex, who stepped back from royal duties with his wife in 2020, has made numerous accusations against the King, the Queen, the Prince of Wales and the Princess of Wales in his Oprah interview, Netflix documentary, various interviews, and his autobiography Spare since relocating to the US.
In July, senior aides to the King and Harry were photographed together in London in what was reported to be an initial step towards reopening communication channels between the two households.
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